Based on figures from 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that Chinese investors have purchased more than 277,000 acres of farmland in the U.S. The problem is that these purchases ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Farmland Preservation Act on Saturday meant to preserve farmland and forestland. The bill would allow farmers to enroll their ...

On March 21, Athens Land Trust announced that it permanently protected 42.5 acres of farmland in Oconee County. With the help of the Oconee County Farmland Preservation Committee and the USDA ...

The intensification of existing farmland can sometimes be more harmful to local biodiversity than expanding the area covered by agricultural land, finds a new study led by University College ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Tennessee Legislature passed a bill Tuesday aimed at protecting rural farmland for generations to come. The "Farmland Preservation Act" helps support programs protecting ...

STERLING ― The newest additions at Davis Farmland are tiny, fluffy, full of energy and a first for the organization. The farm welcomed sextuplet Finn lambs this spring, and while the breed is ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Farmland LP, the largest fund manager focused on organic and regenerative farmland in the U.S., has been named Farmland Fund Manager of the Year ...

FIRST ON FOX: The movement to ban China from scooping up U.S. farmland conveniently located near military bases is gaining steam in the Senate. The PASS Act, led by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., has ...

Gladstone Land Corporation focuses on acquiring U.S. farmland but faces challenges due to low economic yield and high financing costs. LAND's share price has declined by over 50% despite stable ...

Crystal and Grant Norwood run a 3,000-acre farm growing corn, wheat and soybeans in Mansfield, Tennessee in rural Henry County. But with a rough year of weather and grain prices they can’t ...

Investors from foreign countries owned about 3.6% of U.S. farmland in 2023, according to recent data. Foreign investors owned about 46 million acres of U.S. farmland in 2023 — which is less than ...

LIMA — The value of farmland held relatively steady over the course of 2024 in northwest Ohio and the surrounding areas, data found. According to Devin Dye, broker and owner of Dye Real Estate ...